House Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #3028 Sarasota Juvenile Assessment Center
Requester:	Raymond Pilon		Organization:		Board of County Commissioners
Project Title:	Sarasota Juvenile Assessment Center		Date Submitted:		01/31/2000 7:53:49 PM
District Member:	Nancy Detert		Service Area:		County
Counties Affected:	Sarasota
Recipient:	Board of County Commissioners		Contact:		Raymond Pilon
	1660 Ringling Blvd.		Contact Phone:		(941) 951-5397
	Sarasota 34236
Project Description:
The Sarasota Juvenile Assessment Center provides youth arrested in Sarasota County with comprehensive assessment and referral for their service and treatment needs. Additionally, the JAC provides a coordination of service to the judicial, diversion, intervention, treatment, and service programs in the county.
Services Provided/Benefit to State:
The comprehensive assessment process includes DJJ screeningand intake, JAC screening, bio-psychosocial assessment, laboratory urinalysis, case management services, and data managemet. Treatment and service agencies in the community in providing improved and more easily accessed treatment to youth in need of services. Reduces truancy and in-school/out of school suspensions, and collects data which reflects how well the system is doing in reducing juvenile crime in this county. Law enforcement time processing juveniles has bee substantially reduce by accessing the JAC. Juveniles are referred and access appropriate community services, reducing the risk of re-arrest and subsequent long term commitment in DJJ facilities or the state prison system.
Measurable Outcome Anticipated:
Teenage youth will be provided with access to appropriate community services to reduce the likelihood of re-entry into the DJJand/or state penal system. Further, there is a reduction in suspensions and turancy through coordination between the JAC and the school system. Data collected provides the state and county with an accurate measurement of juvenile crime and deviant behavior in this county so furture resources are appropriately allocated.
Amount requested from the State for this project this year:				$530,107
Total cost of the project:		$1,806,000

Request has been made to fund:			Operations
Is there Local Government or Private match for this request?						Yes
	Cash Amount:	$141,600		In-Kind Amount:		$555,000
Was this project previously funded by the State?						Yes
	Fiscal Year:	1998-1999		Amount:		$230,000
Is future-year funding likely to be requested?						Yes
	Amount:	$627,000
	Purpose for future year funding:				Recurring Operations
	Will this be an annual request?					Yes
Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request?						Unknown
Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget?						Unknown
Is there a documented need for this project?						Yes
	Documentation:	Sarasota County Juvenile Justice Council Strategic Plan/JAC Interagency Agreement
Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)?						Yes
	Hearing Body:	Sarasota Board of County Commission
	Meeting Date:	11/09/1999